Incidence of Fellow Eye Involvement in Patients With Unilateral Exudative Age-Related Macular Degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Since the advent of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A), nonexudative neovascularization has been described in the fellow eyes of unilateral exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). However, there is limited literature describing the natural course and optimal management of these lesions.

Objective

To determine the incidence of fellow eye involvement in patients presenting with unilateral typical AMD or polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and to evaluate the patterns of OCT-A changes within 6 months before the onset of exudative changes, especially focusing on nonexudative neovascularization.

Design, setting, and participants

Data for this study were taken from a prospective, observational cohort study involving Asian patients with exuda

SUBMITTER: Yanagi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142947 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature